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Collections

Freer Sackler Museum, Smithsonian, Washington D.C.
Harvard Sackler Museum, Harvard University.
The Museum of Fine Art, Boston
Peabody Essex Museum, Boston
Tikotin Museum, Haifa, Israel
Mingei International Museum, California
Osaka Mingei Museum, Osaka
Alfred Univ., Pennsylvania
San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego CA
Victor
ia and Albert Museum in London
The City University of New York, NY

Kokuten


1968 Graduated with bachelor of law: Waseda University, Tokyo 
 

Began pottery apprenticeship with a National Living Treasure, Tatsuzo Shimaoka in Mashiko, Japan

1971 Built his first studio and kiln in Shimoda, Shizuoka
1977

First solo exhibition at Ikebukuro Seibu Gallery, Tokyo Japan

1983 Received emerging artist award at Kokugakai Exhibition
1987 Studied porcelain at Wo-H, L Kiln in Korea
1991 Received award for excellence at Kokugakai Exhibition
  Became member of Kokugakai Arts Association
1993 Teacher/Student exhibition at Elysium Art Museum, New York
2000 Artist’s vase acquired by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
2001 First Solo exhibition at Pucker Gallery, Boston

 

Noriyasu Tsuchiya's Ceramic works are shown on a yearly basis at solo exhibitions throughout Japan. He holds regular exhibitions at Seibu Department Store Gallery in Ikebukuro, Tokyo; Hankyu Department Store in Umeda, Osaka; Seibu Department Store Gallery in Akita, Akita; Galaxy Fukunaga in Ube, Yamaguchi; Gallery Koh in Ginza, Tokyo; and Gyoza Gallery in Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto. He also exhibits, in conjunction with his former teacher Tatsuzo Shimaoka at joint teacher-student exhibitions throughout Japan.